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Bismarck's Shadow - The Cult of Leadership and the Transformation of the German Right, 1898-1945 (Hardcover)
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Bismarck's Shadow - The Cult of Leadership and the Transformation of the German Right, 1898-1945 (Hardcover)
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History is a tale often told by ghosts and demi-gods, and our
relationship to these figures often determines the shape of the
narratives we weave about the past. Bismarck's Shadow targets this
idea, as it is a book that unearths a fascinating phenomenon of
German political culture - the elevation of a dead political
figure, Otto von Bismarck, to the level of a demi-god and the
effects of such deification on the course of German politics during
the first half of the 20th century.Already a central national
symbol during his lifetime, after his death Bismarck became the
object of a political religion, what Frankel regards as a 'Bismarck
Cult'. This book examines how certain ritual practices and a
particular historical understanding - a Bismarckian gospel -
provided its followers meaning and direction. Extending beyond the
cultural as well, Bismarck's Shadow also looks at how the cult of
Bismarck translated into political practice. In Frankel's
estimation, the logic of the Bismarckian political religion
contributed to the right's progressive radicalization from the turn
of the century to the triumph of the Nazis. The image of the
deceased figure of Bismarck serves as a tool to investigate the
transformation of the German right from a traditional,
state-supporting group to a populist, radical nationalist movement
like Nazism.Timely and compelling, Bismarck's Shadow raises long
overdue questions about the political religion of National
Socialism, Germans' perceptions about Bismarck, and the
relationship between Otto von Bismarck and Adolf Hitler.
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